With Microsoft looking to cement its place in the living room with the launch of its new Xbox One later this year, we thought it would be fun to take a look at some of the company's previous attempts to stake a claim on the living room that never quite took off.

The biggest announcement from Sony’s IFA press conference, if you’re going purely by the size of the device, was the unveiling of its KD-84X9005 BRAVIA LCD TV that packs an 84-inch LCD panel with 3,840 x 2,160 (4K) pixel resolution.